By acknowledgg the worth of gay children, Pope Francis may rtore their tst the church.
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POPE FRANCIS WON’T BUDGE ON GAY MARRIAGE: “MARRIAGE IS MARRIAGE”
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Image source, RtersImage ptn, Pope Francis' statements are a parture om prev ments about LGBT rightsPope Francis has said that he thks same-sex upl should be allowed to have "civil unns" ma the ments, which observers say are his cleart remarks yet on gay relatnships, a documentary directed by Evgeny Afeevsky. " He add that he "stood up for that", apparently referrg to his time as Archbishop of Buenos Air when, although opposg same-sex marriag law, he supported some legal protectns for same-sex film Franc, about the life and work of Pope Francis, premiered as part of the Rome Film well as the Pope's ments on civil unns, the film also shows him enuragg two gay men to attend church wh their three Francis's bgrapher, Aten Ivereigh, told the BBC he was "not surprised" by the latt ments.
"Unr current Catholic doctre, gay relatnships are referred to as "viant behavur" 2003, the Vatin's doctral body, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, said that "rpect for homosexual persons nnot lead any way to approval of homosexual behavur or to legal regnn of homosexual unns" words but no sign of doctral changeThe remarks have set tongu waggg among Vatin-watchers - and they mark Francis's cleart support for the issue sce beg Pope. As archbishop of Buenos Air before beg Pope, he was a stnch opponent of gay marriage, which was legalised Argenta 2010, and stead advoted civil unns for homosexual upl.
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The Vatin said the pope’s statements favor of civil unns for gay upl did not change church doctre. * does the pope support gay marriage *
" he 2014 was reported that Pope Francis had exprsed support for civil unns for same-sex partners an terview, but the Holy See's prs office nied 2018, Pope Francis said he was "worried" about homosexualy the clergy, and that was "a ser matter" on this story. " The Vatin's msage ced Francis' own words om 2016, when he wrote, "there are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be any way siar or even remotely analogo to God's plan for marriage and fay. Pope Francis has been viewed wh ut optimism by LGBTQ groups bee of remarks like his statement, wily published 2020, that homosexuals are "part of the fay" and that same-sex and other nontradnal upl need a "civil unn law.
Although the clips have been much-misterpreted, they still reprent real shifts the Vatin’s approach to gay people — and the misterpretatns may reveal a tth even eper than what the pope actually said. Anythg the pope says on this topic is of great importance to , and ’s pecially important to unrstand pope’s words on “a right to a fay” were wily terpreted as meang movement toward a right to gay marriage. His encyclil Amoris Laetia, or “The Joy of Love, ” even quoted approvgly the argument that “there are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be … even remotely analogo to God’s plan for marriage and fay.
” His ongog support for civil unns has been as an alternative to gay marriage, not a bridge toward ntext, pecially listeng to the rt of the clip, seems the pope is discsg gay people’s fay of orig, rebg parents who reject their gay children.
The Vatin said Pope Francis' remarks were taken out of ntext but still nfirmed the pontiff's belief that gay upl should enjoy legal protectns. * does the pope support gay marriage *
(Vio: Afeevsky-Tolmor Productn Hoe via AP)A generatn of gay kids grew up Catholic church where gay people were fed as polil enemi, not fay members and fellow Christians. And many Catholic prits and other lears still assume that gay people’s biggt spirual problem is lt, when my experience the most mon and adly spirual problem for gay Christians is gets to the heart of Francis’s msage. By speakg for the worth of gay children, whom he lls the new documentary “children of God, ” Francis hop to rtore that pope and I both affirm the Catholic doctre that sex is rerved for marriage between a man and a woman.
Catholic teachg forbids same-sex marriage but not same-sex love — the venant of David and Jonathan, the promis of Ruth and Naomi, the vows of iendship taken by Wtern Christian pairs, godparentg relatnships and even tentnal muni such as the Catholic Worker, we see forms of love and kship that don’t require marriage or no, the pope do not support gay marriage; those who believe the latt clips dite a change of his stance will be disappoted.
But many people wanted the pope to talk about gay people’s own longg to form a fay bee they hunger for some acknowledgment that beg gay is about more than sexual sire.